Show image path error

[RonPaul2020]

I'm attempting to attach an image into an instance of a custom character class to be used for facial expression, but for reasons unknown if I do not put in the full path for the image up to the C drive, I receive the 'could not find file' exception.

I set the image during the creation of the instance, and all other parts of the class besides the image works so it likely isn't a problem with the class. I have double and triple checked paths, spellings, filetypes, parenthesis and quotation marks. I really don't understand why the game would need up to the C directory in order to find the image.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Alex]

Check if your image is in 'your_game_folder/game' or subfolder(s). If image is in 'game' folder it shouldn't complain about path at all, and if it in subfolder(s), you need to specify path starting from subfolder of 'game' folder.

[RonPaul2020]

Thanks Alex, but that doesn't work. I have tried every path possible and only the one that leads back to C: successfully shows the image.
With some experimentation I've got it so that there is no exception crashing the game, but the image still doesn't show.

Is there a limit to the number of sub-folders you can have in /game/? Currently the full path is /MyGame/game/images/character/clothes/image.png

[Ocelot]

And how do you specify you image in game?

[rayminator]

it's because you are putting it the wrong way

blah blah blah = hover "" action call

wrong:

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imagebutton idle "MyGame/game/images/character/clothes.png" blah blah blah

right:

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imagebutton idle "images/character/clothes/clothes_01.png" blah blah blah

[RonPaul2020]

And how do you specify you image in game?

The character object is defined and initalised correctly, using a 'None' as a placeholder for the face attribute.

$ character.face = "images/character/face/character_face.png"

show image character.face

On the scene where the show is called, the error is produced.

[RonPaul2020]

it's because you are putting it the wrong way

blah blah blah = hover "" action call

wrong:

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imagebutton idle "MyGame/game/images/character/clothes.png" blah blah blah

right:

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imagebutton idle "images/character/clothes/clothes_01.png" blah blah blah

Firstly, I'm not trying to do anything with imagebuttons. I'm just trying to show the image itself.

Secondly, I have tried literally every possible variant of the path, including both of the ones you have mentioned. All of them produce the error, except for the one leading back to C:/.

[m_from_space]

And how do you specify you image in game?

The character object is defined and initalised correctly, using a 'None' as a placeholder for the face attribute.

$ character.face = "images/character/face/character_face.png"

show image character.face

On the scene where the show is called, the error is produced.

There is no command "show image". You are doing it wrong. Just write:

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show expression character.face

The command "image" is used to define images, not to show them.
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displaying_images.html

[Ocelot]

$ character.face = "images/character/face/character_face.png"

This is not an image. This is a string. Image displayable does a lot of things, like fixing relative paths, poking archives, doing substitution (if nessesary), etc. You do no such things, so it is no wonder that it didn't work.
If you define objects at init time, I suggest you use Image displayable, otherwise use m_from_space suggestion and use show expression

[RonPaul2020]

The command "image" is used to define images, not to show them.
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displaying_images.html

I see! Thanks, much appreciated.